The Back Room

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A. So does squash....

 

B. Well it would have sounded worse if I had said something like 'When one of my friends got drunk and ended up a father, and isn't having a whole lot of fun right now'...

Point is that I don't like drink, other people do...They disapprove of me, I disapprove of them...And life goes on.

[Nexaduro]

I never intend to really drink, though I do intend to learn bartending. I love making liquid concoctions.

[The_Mather1]

I plan to get really drunk once just to test how much I can take.

[Seraphi]

you can't deny that you have proven yourself worthy of the reputation with the amount of activists, extremists, fanatics, criminals and morons you have.

Three of those are the same. All five tend to walk hand in hand.

I think part of the reason Americans are all regarded as backwards and stupid is that the backwards and stupid minority is VERY vocal.

[The_Mather1]

Or not a minority in all parts of the country, eaxample: True rednecks.

[Ieyfura]

hmm. I am a non drinker. I have friends who drink, they respect me for my decision and I don't judge them since they drink responsibly. I don't see why non-drinkers and drinkers can't get along...

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Cause getting along gets us nowhere. Arguments cause an exchange of opinions, which allow for learning.

 

Although, I think its partly that I am described as a T-Totaler...as though not drinking was somehow abnormal. Hence why I call anyone who drinks alcohol and alcoholic...which they are usually annoyed by.

[The_Mather1]

Iey, we're getting along, this isn't even an arguement, just Icu saying he likes to drink and the rest of us saying we find alcohol better for its non-destructive pourposes.

[Ieyfura]

Thats misuse of the term alcoholic lol. But I guess I see where you're coming from.

 

I on the other hand prefer to try an understand the other's PoV before thinking about getting into any sort of debate.

[Jehosaphat]

I don't drink alcohol. Never really have, never really will. I don't know whether it's because it's toxic, it messes with your liver, it causes temporarily ailed mental capacity, or because I'm the type of person to become easily addicted to something.

 

Same thing goes for cigarettes (except they butcher your lungs instead of your liver, but meh), and most drugs. I have, sadly, already fallen into the trap of chocolate-chip cookies, though. MUST HAVE COOKIE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

(Disclaimer: That last sentence or so was a joke. I am in no way actually addicted to cookies.)

[The_Mather1]

Or not a minority in all parts of the country, eaxample: True rednecks.

Do you realize how arrogant that makes you sound?

 

"People who believe (x) are dumb!"

No, but people who jerry-rig everything, disregarding safety are. With true redneck I'm not talking about living on some outskirts owning multiple guns and using a padlock on the trunk, I'm talking about attaching a couch to steel bars in front of a car and calling it an amusement ride.

[Nero]

I don't drink alcohol. Never really have, never really will. I don't know whether it's because it's toxic, it messes with your liver, it causes temporarily ailed mental capacity, or because I'm the type of person to become easily addicted to something.

 

Same thing goes for cigarettes (except they butcher your lungs instead of your liver, but meh), and most drugs. I have, sadly, already fallen into the trap of chocolate-chip cookies, though. MUST HAVE COOKIE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

(Disclaimer: That last sentence or so was a joke. I am in no way actually addicted to cookies.)

Lol I drink/smoke/do drugs.

 

I also eat extremely unhealthy food.

 

Then again I bike/run a lot so it all works out :P

[The_Mather1]

And you're probably our oldest member... enough said.

[Ieyfura]

(Disclaimer: That last sentence or so was a joke. I am in no way actually addicted to cookies.)

 

Deep down, you know you're addicted to their awesome gooeyness. :3

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I on the other hand prefer to try an understand the other's PoV before thinking about getting into any sort of debate.

 

See, I never like that. To me, it is like racing someone across a minefield when you know where all the mines are....If the other person knows too then it is quite without risk of exploding spectacularly(Allowing you to go back and rebuild you belief system). And if the other person doesn't know where the mines are then its not really an exchange, more of an exercise.

 

Lol I drink/smoke/do drugs.

And yet are no stranger than any of us :rolleyes:

[The_Mather1]

I'm kind of addicted to the taste sweet, whenever I go a long time without candy/soda I get a headache, it disapears when I eat/drink some, no matter if the sweetener is organic or artificial.

 

Rocco, search for redneck coaster on youtube.

[Nero]

No, but people who jerry-rig everything, disregarding safety are. With true redneck I'm not talking about living on some outskirts owning multiple guns and using a padlock on the trunk, I'm talking about attaching a couch to steel bars in front of a car and calling it an amusement ride.

Oh like this?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei6HXjrWUpY

 

Yea...that's the Netherlands.

[The_Mather1]

Not exactly, but close enough.

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1. not a majority

2. not always american

 

basically not what you said at all. these people are so rare it's unbelievable, and the fact that you think there are places where they are a majority even though you've never actually been anywhere near that area is downright hilarious.

 

Well...The assumption is that there are 3 types of Americans....Rednecks, Yuppies and Americans we actually know.

 

Though, saying that, Americans do tend to fit into those two sterotyped groups far more easily than other people.

 

British, for example, are not all bankers in bowler hats, speak in upper class accents or cockney slang... But are far more diverse.

[Ieyfura]

See, I never like that. To me, it is like racing someone across a minefield when you know where all the mines are....If the other person knows too then it is quite without risk of exploding spectacularly(Allowing you to go back and rebuild you belief system). And if the other person doesn't know where the mines are then its not really an exchange, more of an exercise.

 

I never really change what I believe. I use that as more of a way to see how the person thinks and to see it through their eyes. I like to read people. Not a trait I'm proud of, but I'm drawn to getting to know others without them really knowing it. (Not knowing them via friendship, but on a more mental level. If that makes even the slightest bit of sense)

 

But alas, we are all different and see things differently. Yes, there are those who share the same opinion, but there will always be those who don't. So I find arguing to be more cumbersome than just listening to their point of view. But that's just me. :)

[The_Mather1]

I've never stated they're a majority. Nor that they have to be American.

My schools got a teacher that uses dynamite to fire a cannon he's got, I'm not saying he's wired exactly right either.

[Earth]

screw the alchoholic talk, i'm going back to sniping peoples brains out.

[The_Mather1]

Majority and minority are antonyms, and the world's not bøack and white.

[Nero]

1. not a majority

2. not always american

 

basically not what you said at all. these people are so rare it's unbelievable, and the fact that you think there are places where they are a majority even though you've never actually been anywhere near that area is downright hilarious.

 

Well...The assumption is that there are 3 types of Americans....Rednecks, Yuppies and Americans we actually know.

 

Though, saying that, Americans do tend to fit into those two sterotyped groups far more easily than other people.

 

British, for example, are not all bankers in bowler hats, speak in upper class accents or cockney slang... But are far more diverse.

Brits fall under 3 categories:

 

wankers, wankers, and chavs

 

bøack

 

[The_Mather1]

Yeah, sorry, it happens a lot because ø is next to l.